Ozzie Guillen talks about Lou, Jim Leyland...

[tkenm356]

I hate Ozzie Guillen. Why does he feel the need to talk about this?

 

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'You see me, the way I hug Lou and talk to him,'' Guillen said. ''Some guy come to me and say, 'Lou has a lot of success.' I said, 'Good for him.' And he said, 'Well, he is going to put Chicago back on the map.' What? He hasn't done [anything] in this city yet. People say, 'Oh, he had success in New York.' No, he didn't. 'Oh, he bring baseball back in Seattle.' I say, 'Yes, he did.' They say, 'He win in Cincinnati.' I say, 'Yes, he did.'

 

'But I say, 'Listen, how about the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when they lose 300 games in three years? Oh, Lou didn't manage that team, huh?' So I say, 'Why don't you ask me about that? You don't remember Lou Piniella throwing [stuff], breaking glass all over the place in Chicago because they lose a game?'''

 

''To me, Sparky Anderson was the greatest,'' Guillen said. ''He managed my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds. But Sparky Anderson lose 100, 100, 100 [games] with the Detroit Tigers. But everybody remember Sparky Anderson with the 'Red Machine.' Jim Leyland. Jim Leyland [expletive] quit with the Colorado Rockies. Can't handle it no more. 'I'm gone.' Having money on the table. He said, 'I don't need the money. My health is more important than baseball.' Is he a great baseball man? Awesome. Is he a great manager? Hell, no.''

[VanceJergins]

I think his rational is, "hey, nobody's been paying attention to me for the past 5 minutes, I better say something stupid."

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If the White Sox stumble to a fourth place finish, Ozzie won't be manager any longer. You can run your mouth when you're successful, but being a loud mouthed loser gets you put in the unemployment line.

[photoguy9883]

If the White Sox stumble to a fourth place finish, Ozzie won't be manager any longer. You can run your mouth when you're successful, but being a loud mouthed loser gets you put in the unemployment line.

 

Even when your boss is the same way?

[98navigator]

If the White Sox stumble to a fourth place finish, Ozzie won't be manager any longer. You can run your mouth when you're successful, but being a loud mouthed loser gets you put in the unemployment line.

 

So true

[cl smooth]

I hate Ozzie Guillen. Why does he feel the need to talk about this?

 

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'You see me, the way I hug Lou and talk to him,'' Guillen said. ''Some guy come to me and say, 'Lou has a lot of success.' I said, 'Good for him.' And he said, 'Well, he is going to put Chicago back on the map.' What? He hasn't done [anything] in this city yet. People say, 'Oh, he had success in New York.' No, he didn't. 'Oh, he bring baseball back in Seattle.' I say, 'Yes, he did.' They say, 'He win in Cincinnati.' I say, 'Yes, he did.'

 

'But I say, 'Listen, how about the Tampa Bay Devil Rays when they lose 300 games in three years? Oh, Lou didn't manage that team, huh?' So I say, 'Why don't you ask me about that? You don't remember Lou Piniella throwing [stuff], breaking glass all over the place in Chicago because they lose a game?'''

 

''To me, Sparky Anderson was the greatest,'' Guillen said. ''He managed my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds. But Sparky Anderson lose 100, 100, 100 [games] with the Detroit Tigers. But everybody remember Sparky Anderson with the 'Red Machine.' Jim Leyland. Jim Leyland [expletive] quit with the Colorado Rockies. Can't handle it no more. 'I'm gone.' Having money on the table. He said, 'I don't need the money. My health is more important than baseball.' Is he a great baseball man? Awesome. Is he a great manager? Hell, no.''

 

sparky won the '84 series with the tigers. leyland won the '97 series with the marlins. my GOD, is guillen an idiot! he's the definition of someone who talks because they don't have anything to say to begin with.

[98navigator]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

[Guest]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

 

you have to admit that question would be pretty grating. I would ask it just to hear him make a butt of himself.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

 

you have to admit that question would be pretty grating. I would ask it just to hear him make a butt of himself.

 

Wasn't there a humorous article on ESPN page 2 where the writer listed all the topics throughout a season he'd like to ask Guillen just to hear the responses?

[98navigator]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

 

you have to admit that question would be pretty grating. I would ask it just to hear him make a butt of himself.

 

That question had to hurt his pride. He was a Sox player and now a WS winning manager and he's still inconsequential, overall, compared to anything going on with the Cubs. He hates being in the shadow of the Chicago Cubs.

 

Frankly, it makes me feel good! :lol:

Edited March 18, 2007 by 98navigator

[Balsa]

If the White Sox stumble to a fourth place finish, Ozzie won't be manager any longer. You can run your mouth when you're successful, but being a loud mouthed loser gets you put in the unemployment line.

I've been saying that since Day one.

 

That's the difference between normal managers like Lou, and Ozzie. Lou gets angry/speaks his mind, but he doesn't run his mouth and get outrageous.

[cubweiser03]

The part abou Jim Leyland pisses me off the most.

What an ass.

There are a lot of guys in this game that respect and love Jim Leyland, its flat out ridiculous to say something like that about him.

[Careless]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

 

you have to admit that question would be pretty grating. I would ask it just to hear him make a butt of himself.

 

Wasn't there a humorous article on ESPN page 2 where the writer listed all the topics throughout a season he'd like to ask Guillen just to hear the responses?

Simmons, I think

[soccer10k]

It's clear that Guillen is threatened by the thought of having Lou in town. Fielding questions about Lou "putting Chicago back on the map" must REALLY irritate him. :lol:

 

you have to admit that question would be pretty grating. I would ask it just to hear him make a butt of himself.

 

Wasn't there a humorous article on ESPN page 2 where the writer listed all the topics throughout a season he'd like to ask Guillen just to hear the responses?

Simmons, I think

 

Yeah, pretty sure that was Bill Simmons.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Ah, here it is...

 

By the way, if you were covering the White Sox, wouldn't you make it your goal to keep asking Ozzie Guillen questions that could lead him to possibly giving loony answers? For instance, if I were covering the White Sox for the Sun-Times this summer, I would have repeatedly asked Ozzie for his opinion on the following things: tennis bras, "Brokeback Mountain," vasectomies, UFOs, Barbaro, menstrual cycles, dinosaurs, blogs, Suri Cruise, decaffeinated coffee, "Scarface," Celine Dion, breast-feeding in public, Ugueth Urbina, the plight of homeless people in Chicago, hybrid cars, steroids, movie theaters that still show X-rated movies, NASCAR, pro wrestling and Viagra. I would have worn him down, day after day, and gotten his take on every one of those things

 

Love Simmons or hate him, you have to admit that's pretty good!

[snoodmonger]

ozzie is trash. he's perfect for that organization.

[JonnyRed]

If the White Sox stumble to a fourth place finish, Ozzie won't be manager any longer. You can run your mouth when you're successful, but being a loud mouthed loser gets you put in the unemployment line.

 

Can we just fast forward to this point and get it over with? His act of badmouthing anyone and everyone and then playing all innocent got old a while ago. Any chance Lou throws a base at Ozzie's head during the crosstown classic? We can hope, can't we?

[Jon]

De Luca[/url]"]REUNION TOUR: In 2003, the Sox enjoyed a 20-year reunion with the 1983 team that reached the playoffs. Guillen, who pledges not to dwell on the past, paints an ugly picture for a similar gathering down the road for the 2005 World Series champions.

 

''Those ceremonies -- 'Oh, let's bring back those guys from 2005,' we're all crippled and [messed] up, pushing wheelchairs, kids crying because his dad was on the ballclub -- [forget] that,'' Guillen said. ''I don't need that bull. A bunch of fat guys, another one is broke. 'Hey, where's your ring?' 'Oh, I don't know, I sold that son of a [gun] two years ago.'''

Surprisingly, only two f-bombs.

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Not really related, but still funny:

 

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[Chris]

trash. that is all.